“高云从案”与乾隆朝政治

"Gao Yuncong Case" and Politics during the Qianlong Period

乾隆三十九年的高云从案,由太监高云从泄漏朱批记载给外廷臣僚肇其端,进而牵引出一个以高氏为中心,牵涉内廷与外廷,惊动中央与地方的内外交结大网。上自中枢首辅,下至文武末员,多牵连其中。乾隆帝遂从"禁内外交结"的角度出发,掀起了一场整饬官僚体制的行动。重审高云从案,对了解清前中期的政治社会环境,进而探讨传统政治制度建设的困境,皆具典型意义。

The "Gao Yuncong case" which happened in the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong administration(1774). It was caused by the eunuch Gao Yuncong leaking "Red-ink Records" to officials of the outer court, which implicated a big networking that startled the central and local areas. Gao Yuncong was the center, and many officials of the inner and outer court were involved, such as the grand councillor and small officials. Emperor Qianlong then started from the point of "Prohibiting contacts of the inner and outer court", and set off a movement to clean up the bureaucratic system. When we reevaluate the "Gao Yuncong case", it is of great typical significance to understand the political and social environment in the early and middle periods of the Qing Dynasty, and further to discuss the predicament of traditional political system.